Portage County District Attorney Louis Molepske prepares for a hearing Tuesday while Jose Luis Flores Aca speaks with his Spanish interpreter in Portage County Court.

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B.C. Kowalski
Gannett Wisconsin Media

Prosecutors say Jose Luis Flores Aca walked into Jamie Koch's apartment, punched and strangled her until she died and then assaulted her body.

Flores Aca, 32, of Plover, was charged Tuesday with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault causing substantial bodily harm and hiding a corpse in the death of the 36-year-old Plover woman as prosecutors released details in the case Tuesday.

Flores Aca went home from a bar early in the morning Aug. 7 and started talking to Koch outside her 2551 Chestnut Drive apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. ...